The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1887-09-17
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
COUNCIL.

! LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
COUNCIL.
TWELFTH DAY.-A memorial was
passed asking congress that mineral
lands be exempt from the provisions of
the alien land law. c. b. No. II, in
creasing the pay of court stenographers
to 81, 800 and five cents per folio for
transcripts, was passed.
THIRTEENTH DAY.-Burleigh intro
duced c. B. No. %, regulating fees of
justices of the peace. Cardwel intro
duced c. B. No. "a, authorizing county
commissioners to build court houses
where needed. C. B. No. 8, amending
| the law passed last winter to suppress
and prevent the dissemination of infect
ions among sheep, was read third
time and passed. Pardee intro
duced memorial asking congress to
double the number of cOuncilmen and
representatives constituting the legis-
lative assembly of Montana. The men,
orial recites many good reasons for the
request. The memorial was passed
under suspension Of the rules by
unanimous vote.
FIFTEENTH DAY.-H. B. No. 10,
amending the bounty law with an
amendment repeating all bounties pass
ed. Kennedy, from the ways and means
committee, reported H. B. s, concern
ing licenses, with amendments and rec
ommendation for passage as amended.
Amendment adopted, bill read third
time by title and passed by an unani-
nous vote. Burleigh introduced c. B.
No. 25, concerning municipal incorpora-
tions. c. B. No. "a, authorizing county
commissioners to build court houses
when needed in counties having an as
sessment list of $3,OOO,OOO, was read a
third time and passed. Collins intro
duced C. B. No. 26. concerning acknowl-
edgments. H. B. No. %, amending the
bill concerning marks and brands. was
read a third time and passed. Hundley
introduced C. B. No. q, amending the
law giving certain county treasurers
deputies, the amendment being to leave
it in the discretion of county commits
sioners as to whether any deputy was
needed more than six months in the
year.
SIXTEENTH DAY.-House bill II, pro-
viding for school text book commits
sion was passed by unanimous vote
Richards, Waters and Hundley, were
appointed by the president, as the coun-
Gil part of the joint committee to wait
upon the governor and inform him that
the assembly would be ready to adjourn
at noon on Wednesday. H. B. 13,
amending the municipal incorporation
act, H. B. 3, concerning the fees of
county clerks and recorders, II. B. 9.
amending the alien land law, and H.
B. 4, relating to trial practice, passed.
C. B. 20, regulating appeals from justice
and probate courts, and G. B. Is, in re-
lation to motions for new trials, passed.
H. j. NJ. 1, recommending that brick
wall be built around the penitentiary
by the convicts, was passed without a
dissenting vote. H. B. II, authorizing
incorporated cities having an assessable
property list amounting to $1.2OO,OOO
to incur certain liabilities, II. B. IA, al
lowing county assessors to succeed
themselves to the extent of five terms,
H. B. 6, creating the Office Of attorney
general and H. B. 81, regulating the
MALTA, all passed. Collins introduced
G. B. %, providing that county at
torneys should not attend the supreme
court in behalf of their respective coun-
ties. The object of the bill was to save
the county the expense of mileage, as
the attorney general "a newly created
office) would attend to all cases that
county attorneys have hitherto been ex-
pected to attend to. The bill was pass
ed under suspension of the rules. II.
B. 32, amending the fees Of executors
and administrators, passed.
SEVENTEENTH DAY.-HOuse bill 80,
repeating all bounty laws, passed under
a suspension of the rules. G. B. %, con-
cerning the attendance of county attor-
neys at the supreme court, passed. A
message from the governor presented
the names of G. C. Swallow and r. Fl.
Howey Of Helena, and J. II. Myers of
Deer Lodge as nominations for members
of the school text commission. Both
were confirmed. The
name Of Thomas L. Napton was pre-
sented by the governor for attorney
general of the territory, and vote on
his confirmation was taken, which re-
suited in his not being confirmed. The
council then adjourned sine die.
TWELFTH DAY.-Taylor introduced
house bill No. 20 to amend. kndfion 0i3